Entry № 2367 · Sanskrit origin

Deepa Deepa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DEE-pah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Lamp / light (Diwali)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "lamp / light (diwali)".

Deepa is from the Sanskrit Dīpā.

Lamp / light (Diwali) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

दीपा
Transliteration
Dīpā
Pronunciation
/ ˈdiː.pə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Deepa stands.

Deepa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Deepas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Diwali / Deepavali
Hindu festival of lights + Row of Lamps + ~1 billion celebrants + Lakshmi Puja + Ganesha + Saraswati + Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Hindu festival

Names connected to Deepa.

The number behind Deepa.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Deepa reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.